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Re: 1980 Larry Holmes vs 2016 Tyson Fury

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Holmes felled the Giant Cooney, but Fury is even more "gianter"

Fury is also better than Cooney.

Holmes struggled with quite a few fighters. Spinks he couldnt deal with the movement. Would be interesting but Fury is still maturing with each fight and by next year people will be saying that he would give anyone in history a tough time. They said that about Klitschko but even though Fury beat him easy its going to take a while to sink in, as it did with Klitschko and Lewis before him.

Re: 1980 Larry Holmes vs 2016 Tyson Fury

Holmes on his best night is an absolute nightmare for anyone, is all you can say imo. Could be a bit lazy perhaps, but the fact that he got caught with some of the shots he did can't go down as a big flaw when you consider how he recovered from them, and nobody ever outboxed him. He was well past it by the Spinks fights also, don't think that's quite fair.

Re: 1980 Larry Holmes vs 2016 Tyson Fury

Personally I never cared for Holmes because of the remarks he made as a racist and then when he approached the record Marciano had he turned a few heads with that remark about the old champ that was in his grave not being worthy to carry his jock strap. Larry Holmes of 1980 would have Fury eating a sledge hammer left jab. By the end of the first round in every title bout I ever saw him in, Larry's left bicep was swollen and filled with blood lubricating his joints to throw that piston like jab. He definitely would throw more punches than Fury and that right cross would make Fury shut up. He also-has better balance and Larry always did better when he was rushed as though he was an underdog. Larry by UD or late KO. Larry ill not through four punches a round and he rarely cliched unless he was grabbed by an opponent.

Re: 1980 Larry Holmes vs 2016 Tyson Fury

Originally Posted by johnsebastianmiran

Personally I never cared for Holmes because of the remarks he made as a racist and then when he approached the record Marciano had he turned a few heads with that remark about the old champ that was in his grave not being worthy to carry his jock strap. Larry Holmes of 1980 would have Fury eating a sledge hammer left jab. By the end of the first round in every title bout I ever saw him in, Larry's left bicep was swollen and filled with blood lubricating his joints to throw that piston like jab. He definitely would throw more punches than Fury and that right cross would make Fury shut up. He also-has better balance and Larry always did better when he was rushed as though he was an underdog. Larry by UD or late KO. Larry ill not through four punches a round and he rarely cliched unless he was grabbed by an opponent.

.. I respect your analysis of his skill. Not your favorite person...i can understand.

Re: 1980 Larry Holmes vs 2016 Tyson Fury

There were many people that thought Mike Spinks was awarded the decision that separated Holmes from his IBF title out of revenge for that statement and both fights were close to add to the theory. But as it stands I still believe that Holmes would rock Fury.